Karnataka State Government recently notified an order in April 2021 allowing its employees who adopt children to avail maternity leave at par with biological parents. The new provisions will allow mothers who have adopted a child to take 180 days of maternity leave, while granting 15 days of paternity leave for fathers, same as that given
The apex court’s dismissal on July 01, 2019 of the plea to extend the protection available to both parents and children for adoptions under the JJ Act to those adoptions effected under HAMA is not just shocking and disappointing, but regressive as well. Adoptions in India are legalized under two legislations. Any Hindu prospective adoptive
Adoptions in India have been provided for under two legislations – the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Amendment Act, 2015 (J.J. Act) and the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (HAMA). Adoptions under the JJ act require registration with CARA – Central Adoption Resource Authority, the nodal agency regulating adoptions in India. CARA provides for
Strange as it may sound, India has two contradictory yet perfectly legal laws to adopt a child. Indians, or shall we say Hindus, have been adopting a child under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (HAMA) until the year 2000 when the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act (JJ Act) started providing
CARA recently announced a shift in its adoption policy to award preference to aspiring single moms planning to adopt. According to sources, single mothers were perceived to be a group requiring enablement in adoption. With due credit to the empathy CARA may have towards single mothers, the decision smells of a populist move to garner
CARA announced a change in its child referral policy w.e.f. May 01, 2017 for parents registered for Adoption. The new policy is a move that will accelerate child referrals and shorten the wait period for parents. Here is how. Under the existing provisions, a parent who was registered with CARA was eligible for getting up
Adoptions in India have been provided for under two pieces of legislation – the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (HAMA) and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Amendment Act, 2015 (J.J. Act). While there are several differences between the two statute, one of the most striking dissimilarity between the two lies in HAMA not
MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT has notified the Adoption Regulations 2017 as framed by the Central Adoption Resource Authority. These guidelines come into force w.e.f. Jan 16, 2017. The 2017 regulations are path breaking in terms of addressing the need for in-family adoptions, post adoption support, child centric provisions, category for immediate placements, flexibilities
Parents registered with CARA often see their wait list fluctuating over months. They get confused when the number goes further down. How is it possible for the wait list number to ever go down. With passage of time, it should only reduce – right? The truth is that the waitlist for a parent indeed changes
Sep 26, 2016 became a red letter day in the history of adoptions in India. On this day, Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA), the apex policy making body on adoptions in India introduced a new category of children for Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs, as they are called), to adopt a child– without compromising seniority in
